Eyre Peninsula Tribune
Thursday 18/1/2007 Page: 3
Lightning started a fire about one kilometre west of the number one turbine at the Mount Millar wind farm between Cleve and Cowell on Tuesday night. The fire burnt an estimated two hectares of scrub, but water bombers were called in to help extinguish it due to its inaccessibility.
Eastern Eyre CFS group office Bryan Trigg said two water bombers dropped two loads each after crews had walked into the fire zone with hand tools to slow its progress. CFS units from Cleve, Cowell and Mangalo attended, along with about 10 farmers. Local CFS crews were amongst volunteers fighting the Mt Bold fire last week. Twenty-one people from Eyre Peninsula helped fight the fire.
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